From the archives, it’s Throwback Thursdays! Remember when we used to do these once a week? Ahh memories… You might wonder why we are recycling old material. Are we lazy? Are we too hungover to work? Is magic what killed JFK? The answer is yes on all accounts my friends! However, the reason we are re-releasing a classic Throwback Thursday is because after a year and a half suspension our YouTube account is back! (apparently we were breaking laws, who knew?) This particular Throwback Thursday was taken down shortly after it’s posting. So if you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you. We promise we will be doing new episodes of Throwback Thursdays in the near future but for now enjoy some old stuff! This week’s Throwback Thursday is features the Canadian one hit wonders, Len! They were able to steal some sunshine (bad pun) for 15 minutes, but then dropped off the map. Here’s what we think of them…

The other week a couple of us from The Nostalgia Blog were asked to be the featured bloggers at an improv show entitled “I Seen You On TV”. The show is performed on the last Wednesday of every month at The Drake Hotel in Toronto (That’s Canada for our international readers) and is 100% completely improvised. And let me tell you folks, it was a blast! The performers are all highly skilled improvisers (many of whom came from the Second City main stage) and put on one of the best improv shows I have ever seen. This can be attributed to the fact that the cast was very familiar with one another and that comfort with one another lead to to some pretty big laughs for the audience. This is not your regular “oh my friend and his improv group are putting on a show you should come see” pieces of awfulness, no. These people got chops! and the show is well worth the price of admission. If you are in Toronto and feel like …

I am no baseball historian, or a historian at all (I hate history,) but I am familiar with the name Bill Buckner. He was a very solid hitter throughout most of his 21 year career, amassing an impressive 2715 total hits and a 289 batting average. Unfortuantely for Billy, he is best remembered as the bafoon who let a routine ground ball slip by his glove in game 6 of the World Series as a member of the then leading Boston Red Sox. His error allowed the Mets to win the game, and eventually defeat the red Sox in the seventh game of the series, too. Here is a clip of the infamous play: Red Sox fans eventually forgave Buckner and welcomed him back to the club in 1990, where he would retire with the organization. But to me he never truly achieved the proper level of forgiveness until his appearance on one of my favourite television shows: Curb Your Enthusiasm. Check this out: How’s THAT for redemption? Awesome. So for all you ball droppers …

Last year, we here at The Nostalgia Blog did a little tournament in the honor of March Madness to decide what is in fact the greatest movie soundtrack of all time. The tournament was broken down into 4 divisions (as seen above) that were: The 90s, Miscellaneous, Throwback and Musicals. The debate was fierce and the beers were flowing find out how it all went down. Check out all 3 episodes here and feel free to blast us on our no doubt awful decisions. Enjoy! Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3